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How would you fare in the Knowledge Bowl?

Ten of the questions put to teams at Tuesday's Kendall Wallace Greater Lowell Regional Knowledge Bowl. Do you know the answers?

1. If the lengths of the three sides of a triangle are added two at a time, the sums are 22, 25, and 29. What is the perimeter of the triangle?

2. How many years are in one sunspot cycle?

3. What is the modern name for the river on Captain John Smith's map that he called the Patawomeke?

4. A new sea will be born in the Rift Valley of what continent that is currently being torn apart at the rate of about 16 millimeters per year?

5. A child born in Puerto Rico is a citizen of what country?

6. The U.S. federal government could not intervene when Massachusetts faced the Shays rebellion or prohibit Rhode Island from issuing mountains of worthless paper money due to the inherent weakness in what document?

7. Name the ship after which Robert Gray named the largest river in the Pacific Northwest?

8. Where are the pelagic, benthic, photic, euphotic, abyssal, and aphotic zones located?

9. What body system produces blood cells and stores minerals?

10. What taxonomic subdivision of a class or subclass contains a group of related families?

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